About UNM Law Library

In its role as the only large academic law library in the State of New Mexico, the law library provides library services and information resources to Law School faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The Law Library also strives to provide services and resources to members of the general public, public libraries, New Mexico legal practitioners, UNM faculty and students, faculty and students from other educational institutions, including paralegal programs and state government and court system employees. Due to shrinking budgets, the UNM Law Library cannot visit communities outside of the Albuquerque area on a regular basis. We therefore have created this LibGuide for public librarians around the state to help their patrons.

This guide is intended to help New Mexicans identify legal resources available in their community. If you have any questions, please contact the Law Library’s reference desk at (505) 277-0935 or at libref@law.unm.edu.

Legal Research Assistance

The UNM Law Library serves all New Mexico citizens as the only large academic legal research facility in the state.

The Library Reference desk is staffed by Law Librarians

Walk-in, phone, email

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

505-277-0935

libref@law.unm.edu

6000 reference questions per year

45% of the questions come from members of the general public

Eight computer workstations for public access to Internet legal resources and legal research databases for which we have been able to negotiate public access as part of the license.

Borrowing Privileges

Individuals who are not otherwise affiliated with the University or the State Bar of New Mexico may borrow items designated as "available" with a Community Borrower's Card.

Annual fee of $35.00

Can be used at the Law Library and any of the UNM University Libraries branch locations, but not the Health Sciences Library

Available at Law Library Circulation desk

Does not include Interlibrary Loan borrowing privileges

Does not allow card holders remote (off-campus) access to the Library's electronic resources.

ILL (Inter-Library Loan) Services

Request law library materials from patron's home library.

If the request is for specific pages or sections that does not circulate, they may instead receive scanned images.